Stacking Configuration Requirements; Stacking Cables; Stack Size - Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6430 Installation Manual

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Connecting devices in a mixed stack

Stacking configuration requirements

All configuration methods
Before configuring the mixed stack, physically connect the devices using stacking cables.
Secure Setup utility
To use the 10 Gbps SFP+ ports on the front panel of ICX 6610 devices to connect ICX 6610 devices
to ICX 6450 devices in a mixed stack, configure the SFP+ ports on the ICX 6610 devices to 10 Gbps
using the speed command.
Automatic and manual configuration methods
To connect an ICX 6610 device in the backbone to an ICX 6450 device (peripheral unit), configure
the peri-port command or peri-trunk command on the ICX 6610 device
For information about configuring a stack, see the FastIron Ethernet Switch Stacking Configuration
Guide.

Stacking cables

Table 11
TABLE 11
To connect this device
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6610

Stack size

A mixed stack can contain one or two ICX 6610 devices. They form the backbone of the mixed
stack. ICX 6450 devices are peripheral units. There can be one to six ICX 6450 devices in a mixed
stack.
Peripheral devices can form one or more substacks. A substack is a topology that is formed by
ICX 6450 devices. If ICX 6450 devices are separated by an ICX 6610 device, the ICX 6450 devices
belong to different substacks.
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shows the cables to connect devices in a mixed stack.
Cables to connect devices in a mixed stack
To this device
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Stackable Switches Hardware Installation Guide
Use this cable
1 meter passive copper QSFP stacking cable
100 meter QSFP fiber optic cable
SFP+ fiber optic cable
10 Gbps copper stacking cable
SFP+ fiber optic cable
10 Gbps copper stacking cable
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